Le Viol was inspired by the news of the first kidnapping case in the Netherlands in which the kidnapper asked for ransom. The five year old Caroline Pessers from Waalre had been taken by a 19 year old metal worker from Eindhoven. He had demanded 100.000 GLD for her return. The perpetrator later admitted he had strangled Caroline to death in a panick in a old barn in Vessum ten kilometer from her home. The police dug up her body 100 meters from the barn.
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English title
The Rape
Alternate titles
De verkrachting
2008
Signed/dated
Signed and dated Constant '74, center right in red paint
Provenance
1974 Constant
1974 Collection Fanny Kelk
1978 Private collection, NL
Tags
Man
Sex
Violence
Woman
Frame dimensions
81,5 x 101,3 x 4,5 cm
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Tom Haartsen
Moeder en kind [III]
1952
Cobra
61,0cm
x 87,9cm
indian ink
paper
Collection unknown
CID
1089
Details
English title
Mother and Child [III]
Alternate titles
Moeder en kind
1952 Archive entry
Signed/dated
Signed and dated Constant '52, top left in pencil
Provenance
1952 Constant
+- 1952 Collection Nellie Riemens, NL (gift)
2002 Collection heirs Nellie Riemens, NL
2006 Collection Peter de Swaan, NL (Christie's Amsterdam)
2018 Collection unknown (Christie's Amsterdam)
Tags
Black
Child
Mother
People
White
Woman
Frame dimensions
84 x 109 cm
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Tom Haartsen
La dompteuse [I]
1981
Late period
73,0cm
x 70,0cm
paper
watercolour
Collection ProWinko, NL
CID
1087
circa 1981
Details
English title
The lion tamer
Signed/dated
Signed and titled Constant "La dompteuse", bottom left in black ink on blue/green fond
Provenance
Constant
1983, Herman Kater, Amsterdam [Collection d'Art, Amsterdam]
2007, Galerie Ferdinand van Dieten-d’Eendt, A'dam [Christie's]
2007, Max Vorst/Prowinko [Galerie Ferdinand van Dieten-d’Eendt, A'dam]
Tags
Animal
Grey
Lion
Orange
People
Pink
Red
Woman
Yellow
Frame dimensions
100 x 95,8 x 2,8 cm
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Tom Haartsen
Portret van mijn moeder
1938
Early period
44,1cm
x 33,5cm
crayon
paper
pencil
Collection Fondation Constant, NL
CID
1027
Details
English title
Portrait of My Mother
Alternate titles
Portret van mijn moeder
1938 Archive entry
Provenance
1938 Constant
Collection P. Nieuwenhuys, NL
2005 Collection Trudy Nieuwenhuys-van der Horst, NL
2012 Collection Fondation Constant, NL
Tags
Family
Mother
People
Portrait
Woman
Frame dimensions
nee
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Unknown
Vrouw en hond [II]
1949
Cobra
45,5cm
x 74,0cm
linen
oil paint
Collection Museum für Aktuelle Kunst, Durbach
CID
1007
Details
English title
Woman and Dog [II]
Alternate titles
Vrouw en hond
1949 Archive entry
Signed/dated
Signed and dated Constant '49, bottom left from center in black on white fond
Provenance
1949 Constant
Collection Karel van Stuyvenberg, NL
2014 Collection Museum für Aktuelle Kunst, Durbach (Christie's Amsterdam)
Tags
Animal
Black
Dog
People
Red
White
Woman
Frame dimensions
Unknown
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Tom Haartsen
La Femme Terrible
1949
Cobra
85,5cm
x 75,6cm
linen
oil paint
Private collection, NL
CID
1006
Details
English title
Terrible Woman
Alternate titles
La Femme Terrible
1949 Archive entry
Signed/dated
Signed Constant, bottom center in black paint. Dated '49, bottom right in black paint